WINTER 1999 Abhyankar Receives Honorary Degree Message from the Head New Faces in the Department Visiting Faculty Math Profs Host Conference Purdue Profs Participate in Project NExT Interview with Michael Golomb Undergraduate News Math Advisory Council 1998-99 Outstanding TAs Grad Student inducted into Teaching Academy John Purdue Returns! Editors and Contributors Math PUrview Home Page Math Department Home Page	John returns to Purdue! John Purdue, portrayed by mathematics professor emeritus Bob Zink, looks astonished as he emerges from a "time machine" during a President's Council banquet held October 30 as part of the President's Council Annual Weekend. Purdue President Steven Beering summoned Purdue from the past to chat about the university he helped establish nearly 130 years ago. Photo by Vince Walter